Kenny Travis (born February 6, 1965) is an American former professional
basketball
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player.
Career
A junior college standout, Travis played two years at
New Mexico State
New Mexico State University (NMSU or NM State) is a Public university system, public, Land-grant university, land-grant, research university in Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States. Founded in 1888, it is the state's oldest public institution ...
from the 1985–86 to 1986–87 season. In his final year, he averaged 20.2 points, 7.3 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.8 steals with a 46.4% hit from the three-point range. Those statistics convinced the
Los Angeles Lakers
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to choose him in the sixth round of the 1987 NBA draft.
Travis played for the
Fresno Flames The Fresno Flames were a professional basketball franchise based in Fresno, California in 1988. The team played one season in the World Basketball League before folding in March 1989. The WBL was a league for players 6' 5" tall and under.
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in the
World Basketball League
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in the summer of 1988.
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/ref> He later played in the Philippine Basketball Association
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that same year, and spent four more seasons in the PBA from 1992 to 1995, while playing for San Miguel Beermen
The San Miguel Beermen are a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). It is one of three PBA clubs owned by the San Miguel Corporation group of companies along with Barangay Ginebra San Miguel and Magnolia ...
.
References
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1965 births
Living people
Basketball players from California
Fresno City Rams men's basketball players
Los Angeles Lakers draft picks
New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball players
Philippine Basketball Association imports
American expatriate basketball people in the Philippines
Shooting guards
Small forwards
San Miguel Beermen players
Tri-City Chinook players
American men's basketball players
20th-century American sportsmen